Betwixt

 Working on the boat took a back seat late last year due to the Barn project, which in turn takes a back seat as we review our property conundrum.  Keep calm, as the saying goes.  And keep busy with some cabinetry work. There is a small space in front of the fridge which can store a spice rack, so off to find the spice bottles and make the rack.  The stove top is tiny, so need a tiny stainless steel fry pan, and make the storage space accordingly.  I shop with a tape measure, because a 24cm pan is actually 25cm.  No room for error. Cabinet doors and back rest

 Our Landy national luna fridge which has served us well on many adventures was repurposed.  Completely stripped down to bare wires, pipes and motor.  The fridge box was resized and the copper pipes were carefully wrapped around the new box. Then epoxy foam reapplied using a box mold.  The heat that the foam generates did unfortunately kill the thermostat.  Waiting to get new part and then we can test it! Fridge top opening

 Fitting the exhaust water trap and plumbing.  Most of these parts are available in Cape Town.  But so much can only be sourced from the UK or US.  Nephew Paul brought stuff from the UK as soon as travel restrictions eased.  That turned out to be a nightmare for Paul and Julie.  After a pleasant two week holiday in the Kruger Park, on the day they were to fly back to UK, SA was red listed with immediate effect.   Among all the parts Paul brought was a 5kg brass propeller.  Look forward to that being fitted. Plumbing the galley sink Exhaust water trap

The original steambox was used up insulating the steel hull, so another plan had to be made to steam bend the cockpit combing.  Again two treasured pieces of wide Iroko was steamed up for a couple of hours in a makeshift steamer of corrugated iron and sawdust.  Cockpit combing taking shape   Top edge